Conference

2025

St Michael’s Centre Bristol, UK

22 March 2025

Join us for the 2025 Y&C Conference.

With main sessions, practical training seminars and loads of fun thrown in along the way, the Y&C Conference is an unmissable experience for Volunteers, Church Leaders, Kids' Pastors, Youth Workers, Families' Ministers, Teachers and anyone else whose Christian faith motivates them to serve children and young people to be renewed, strengthened and equipped in their work with under 18s.

Tickets

Super Early Bird Ticket - £15

(24 February - 31 March)

Full refund available until 30 June 2024

Early Bird Ticket - £20

(01 April - 30 June)

Advanced Ticket - £25

(01 July - 31 October)

Standard Ticket - £30

(01 November - 21 March)

Schedule

  • Schedule tbc.

    Please check back at a later date for the full event schedule.

Keynote Speakers

  • Dr Kandiah OBE is the founder of The Sanctuary Foundation. A charity supporting refugees to find welcome, work and worthwhile housing in the UK.

    He is recognised as an expert in refugee resettlement , child welfare reform, educational innovation and civil society mobilisation.

    Krish has led the charge on mobilising civil society groups and churches as they have supported recent arrivals from Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Sudan.

    He is a regular advisor to government. He was appointed by the Secretary of State for Education as the Chair of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (2019-2021) where he brought strategic leadership to the finding of permanent loving families for children in the care system.

    He has helped to inspire and train thousands to care for vulnerable adults and children.

How can I get my team to come?

The conference will be a brilliant way to train, envision, and keep your volunteer team serving under 18s. However, you might not have the time to do lots of administration and organising for them to come. If this is you, you can download our templates to help save you time in helping your team sign up.

Use the links below to download and use the templates

  • Coming to the Y&C Conference has enhanced my enthusiasm and commitment to my involvement with our youth and children's ministry both in church and work with schools and the community.

    Y&C Conference 2024 Delegate

  • 10/10 I enjoyed EVERYTHING! The speakers were great, challenging and motivational! Throughout the whole day there was great and a sense of cohesiveness!

    Y&C Conference 2024 Delegate

  • Because of coming to the Y&C Conference I will now be more aware of how God might be using our young people to minister to others rather than just being the recipients of our work.

    Y&C Conference 2024 Delegate

FAQs

  • The Y&C conference is for anyone whose Christian faith motivates them to serve under 18s and their families. Whether salaried or voluntary, church leadership or congregation member, church based or ‘secular’, there will be something for everyone. The conference will focus itself on the wider Bristol region, but delegates from further afield are welcome.

  • Yes! We encourage whole youth / children's / schools teams to attend, including church leaders. This is not a conference just for youth and childrens workers, but will boost your whole church’s approach to ministering to under 18s.

The 2025 Venue

St Michael’s Centre

BS34 8PD

(Next door to Bristol Parkway)